The declaration of Commissary Generall Behr, against divers slanders and lies spread abroad against him.
         Behr, Hans.
      
       
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             The declaration of Commissary Generall Behr, against divers slanders and lies spread abroad against him.
             Behr, Hans.
          
           1 sheet ([1] p.)
           
             s.n.,
             [London :
             1644]
          
           
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             Dated and signed at foot: May 1. 1644. Hans Behr.
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           THE
           DECLARATION
           OF
           Commissary
           Generall
           BEHR
           ,
           Against
           divers
           slanders
           and
           lies
           spread
           abroad
           against
           him
           .
        
         
           WHereas
           by
           some
           malicious
           and
           ill
           disposed
           persons
           severall
           slanders
           and
           calumnies
           have
           beene
           by
           Letters
           and
           otherwise
           spread
           abroad
           against
           me
           and
           my
           reputation
           ,
           in
           sundry
           particulars
           :
        
         
           
             First
             ,
             that
             J
             have
             said
             ,
             that
             in
             case
             the
             Parliament
             and
             his
             Excellency
             the
             Earle
             of
          
           Essex
           
             should
             be
             at
             variance
             ,
             J
             would
             fight
             for
             the
             Earle
             against
             the
             Parliament
             .
          
        
         
           
             Secondly
             ,
             that
             J
             have
             detracted
             ,
             by
             ill
             Language
             ,
             from
             the
             Honour
             and
             reputation
             of
             the
             Scottish
             Nation
             in
             generall
             ;
             and
             in
             particular
             ,
             from
             the
             Honour
             of
             his
             Excellency
             the
             Lord
             Generall
          
           Lesley
           .
        
         
           
             Thirdly
             ,
             that
             J
             have
             laid
             base
             aspersions
             upon
             the
             whole
             Nation
             of
             the
             English
             .
          
        
         
           
             Fourthly
             ,
             that
             J
             have
             behaved
             my selfe
             so
             Poultron-like
             ,
             as
             that
             in
             the
             head
             of
             a
             Brigade
             J
             have
             suffered
             my selfe
             to
             be
             baffled
             ,
             without
             offering
             that
             just
             defence
             appertaining
             to
             the
             reputation
             of
             a
             Souldier
             .
          
        
         
           By
           the
           Law
           of
           God
           and
           nature
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           particular
           obligation
           of
           Military
           duty
           I
           am
           forced
           unto
           some
           Apology
           for
           my selfe
           ,
           albeit
           it
           troubleth
           me
           to
           speake
           for
           mine
           owne
           private
           ,
           when
           I
           must
           be
           doing
           for
           the
           publique
           .
           But
           I
           will
           say
           but
           little
           .
        
         
           When
           I
           first
           entered
           into
           this
           service
           ,
           and
           ever
           since
           ,
           I
           have
           had
           no
           end
           but
           unto
           which
           I
           and
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Army
           were
           directed
           by
           the
           State
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           Religion
           and
           Liberty
           ,
           against
           the
           common
           Enemy
           :
           it
           being
           impossible
           that
           such
           a
           mischievous
           thought
           should
           rise
           in
           my
           heart
           ,
           as
           what
           to
           doe
           in
           a
           falling
           out
           betwixt
           the
           Parliament
           and
           the
           Earle
           ,
           while
           the
           common
           designe
           of
           the
           State
           is
           so
           honourably
           and
           faithfully
           carried
           on
           by
           his
           Excellency
           .
        
         
           Neither
           am
           I
           guilty
           to
           my selfe
           of
           so
           much
           barbarity
           in
           manners
           ,
           and
           perversnesse
           in
           judgement
           ,
           as
           to
           slander
           the
           glory
           of
           the
           Scottish
           Nation
           ,
           purchased
           by
           them
           in
           so
           many
           valorous
           and
           Noble
           actions
           ,
           and
           attested
           by
           the
           common
           report
           and
           esteeme
           of
           
             Europe
             .
          
           And
           in
           particular
           of
           Generall
           
             Lesley
             ,
          
           whose
           constancy
           ,
           valour
           ,
           and
           fidelity
           ,
           hath
           beene
           so
           highly
           honoured
           by
           the
           King
           of
           
             Sweden
             ,
          
           and
           of
           whose
           actions
           so
           good
           a
           memory
           is
           left
           in
           my
           native
           Countrey
           of
           
             Germany
             ,
          
           I
           having
           had
           the
           honour
           not
           onely
           to
           be
           a
           fellow-souldier
           and
           Commander
           in
           that
           Army
           ,
           but
           a
           spectator
           also
           ,
           and
           a
           witnesse
           of
           his
           atchievements
           .
        
         
           Nor
           can
           I
           discover
           in
           my selfe
           that
           height
           of
           impudency
           ,
           as
           to
           dare
           defame
           the
           English
           Nation
           ,
           which
           carrieth
           throughout
           the
           World
           so
           high
           a
           lustre
           of
           Glory
           and
           Renowne
           ,
           especially
           in
           this
           time
           and
           occasion
           ,
           while
           by
           this
           Noble
           Nation
           I
           have
           the
           honour
           done
           me
           to
           be
           imployed
           in
           so
           important
           a
           charge
           ,
           for
           the
           defence
           of
           the
           State
           .
        
         
           To
           the
           last
           calumnie
           I
           can
           say
           nothing
           ,
           but
           must
           referre
           my
           behaviour
           unto
           the
           report
           of
           those
           Gentlemen
           and
           Souldiers
           ,
           who
           upon
           our
           march
           to
           and
           from
           
             Glocester
          
           were
           in
           the
           Brigade
           .
        
         
           But
           of
           all
           these
           calumnies
           and
           lyes
           in
           generall
           I
           am
           bound
           to
           say
           ,
           that
           they
           are
           invented
           ,
           forged
           ,
           and
           vented
           by
           men
           ill
           affected
           to
           the
           common
           good
           ,
           who
           for
           sinister
           ends
           endeavour
           to
           sow
           division
           ,
           and
           to
           rend
           in
           sunder
           the
           happy
           union
           of
           the
           two
           Nations
           :
           of
           which
           raveling
           some
           beginnings
           are
           already
           discovered
           in
           divers
           Commanders
           who
           have
           laid
           downe
           their
           Commissions
           in
           his
           Excellencies
           Army
           ,
           upon
           no
           other
           ground
           ,
           but
           that
           it
           standeth
           not
           with
           their
           honour
           to
           serve
           where
           the
           robber
           of
           their
           Nations
           honour
           is
           tolerated
           .
        
         
           I
           protest
           before
           the
           Almighty
           God
           ,
           and
           all
           men
           of
           Honour
           ,
           that
           in
           these
           particulars
           ,
           and
           in
           any
           other
           that
           may
           have
           reference
           to
           these
           ,
           I
           am
           maliciously
           and
           undeservedly
           circumvented
           ,
           basely
           slandered
           ,
           and
           falsely
           belyed
           .
           And
           if
           any
           one
           shall
           be
           so
           forward
           as
           to
           take
           upon
           him
           the
           maintenance
           of
           any
           of
           these
           ,
           I
           hereby
           offer
           my selfe
           ready
           to
           give
           him
           all
           the
           satisfaction
           which
           with
           life
           and
           honour
           a
           Souldier
           and
           Gentleman
           is
           bound
           to
           do
           .
        
         
           
             HANS
             BEHR
             .
          
           
             
               
                 May
              
               1.
               1644.